이마 수맥

소개

이마 수마크(Yma Sumac, 1922년 9월 13일 ~ 2008년 11월 1일)는 페루, 미국의 소프라노이다. 1950년대 세계적인 엑조티카 가수 중 한 명이다. 5 옥타브 이상을 가뿐히 넘나드는 가창력으로 세계적인 명성을 얻었다.

Zoila Emperatriz Chávarri Castillo, known as Yma Sumac, was a Peruvian-born vocalist, actress, model, musical composer and producer. She won a Guinness World Record for the Greatest Range of Musical Value in 1956. She has also been called Queen of Exotica and is considered a pioneer of world music. Her debut album, Voice of the Xtabay (1950), peaked at number one in the Billboard 200, selling a million copies in the United States, and its single, "Virgin of the Sun God ", was a big seller in the United Kingdom, becoming an international success in the 1950s. Albums like Legend of the Sun Virgin (1952), Fuego del Ande (1959) and Mambo! (1955), were other successes.